Quotes about Progress

Everything else follows from this responsibility to those who have come before us. It is the root of flourishing humanity.

We must also realize-students, teachers, and laymen alike-that even when we have accomplished the task that lies before us, we will not have accomplished the whole task. We must be more than a nation of functional literates. We must become a nation of truly competent readers, recognizing all that the word competent implies. Nothing less wil satisfy the needs of the world that is coming.

A good life is made by accumulating in the course of a lifetime everything that is really good and by wanting nothing that impedes or frustrates this effort.

Mark it down—your progress in holiness will never exceed your relationship with the holy Word of God.

Those who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of 40. More often, they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of 50.

Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.

Every failure carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater reward'.

Do not wait. The time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Every adversity, every unpleasant circumstance, every failure, and every physical pain carries with it the seed of an equivalent benefit.

It is not unreasonable to look forward to a time when we shall see without eyes, hear without ears and talk without tongues.

We who desire to accumulate riches, should remember the real leaders of the world always have been men who harnessed, and put into practical use, the intangible, unseen forces of unborn opportunity, and have converted those forces, [or impulses of thought], into sky-scrapers, cities, factories, airplanes, automobiles, and every form of convenience that makes life more pleasant.

Every adversity, every failure   and every heartache carries with it   the Seed of an equivalent   or a greater Benefit